On March 16-20, 2017, Professor Hamlet Isaxanli, the founder of Khazar University and Chairman of its Board of Directors and Trustees, visited Morocco to attend the Crans Montana Forum organized under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammad VI, King of Morocco. Prof. Isaxanli’s invitation to the forum was initiated by Mohamed Adil Embarch, Ambassador of Morocco to Azerbaijan.

The conference took place in two phases: between March 16 and 18, in Dakhla, a city in the Western Sahara Coast of Morocco, and on board of a ship (Rhapsody) from March 19 to 21.

The forum brought together more than one thousand representatives from 130 countries, including the elite of Africa and people of arts and science. The forum highlighted the challenges of African integration and the role of Morocco in the development of Africa. Their discussion also focused on economics, education, environment, energy, youth, unemployment, sustainable development, and so on.